#AEC3CA#AEC3CA

#AEC3CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.025 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC3CA
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -5.68, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 8.21, 226.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0192 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.025 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6287, 52.2922, 63.4497)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC3CA #CAB5AE

analogous

#AECAC3 #AEC3CA #AEB5CA

triadic

#AEC3CA #CAAEC3 #C3CAAE

tetradic

#AEC3CA #C3AECA #CAB5AE #B5CAAE

square

#AEC3CA #C3AECA #CAB5AE #B5CAAE

split-complementary

#AEC3CA #CAAEB5 #CAC3AE

monochromatic

#648C99 #89A8B2 #AEC3CA #D3DEE2 #EDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#AEC3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC3CA

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC3CA	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.025 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5da',
    500: '#aec3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec3ca;
$custom-light: #c6d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80346,
    "c": 0.02497,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC3CA

secondary

#9F867E

accent

#5C469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC3CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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